Tuesday, January 26, 2010 I have never seen anything like this. Two people were killed and two others were seriously injured yesterday when a boulder collapsed onto a house in the German town of Stein an der Traun, south-east of Munich. A family of four were said to have been watching television together in the…
John Constable painting location mystery solved after 195 years
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 The mystery of the location of a viewpoint used by English painter John Constable has been solved, after nearly 200 years. The Stour Valley and Dedham Church was painted in Suffolk, England, between 1814 and 1815, but changes to the landscape meant that the spot he chose was not known, despite…
Wikinews Shorts: September 25, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Canadian workers with the Canadian Auto Workers Union have gone on strike due to 70,000 American employees of United Auto Workers Union (UAW) forced to strike against General Motors (GM), just one day ago. GM Canada’s Windsor, Ontario plant, which employs 1,400 people shut down…
News briefs:August 2, 2010
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Savage on Santorum on Savage
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 In an interview Monday, candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination Rick Santorum criticized advice columnist Dan Savage and said he would pray for him. In return, Savage pointed out Santorum’s controversial social conservatism positions. Santorum’s disagreement with Savage stems from the santorum neologism coined in Savage’s column Savage Love…
Germanwings crash victims identified
Friday, May 22, 2015 N.B.: This article does not follow Wikinews policy of citing independent sources for verification. See collaboration page for discussion. N.B.: This article does not follow Wikinews policy of citing independent sources for verification. See collaboration page for discussion. Investigators looking into the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash in March announced on Wednesday…
Witnesses saw truck “rev up and race” before recent Texas oil refinery blast
Friday, April 1, 2005File:Map of USA highlighting Texas.png Witnesses say a truck was idling near the scene of an explosion at a Texas refinery which killed 15 and injured over 100 others on March 23, according to U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Manager Bill Hoyle. “Witnesses saw vapor in the area of the truck…
Tornadoes damage hundreds of Missouri homes, force closure of airport
Sunday, April 24, 2011 An EF4 tornado struck near St. Louis, Missouri Friday night, forcing the closure of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and damaging over 2,700 buildings in St. Louis County. The National Weather Service also confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down in neighboring St. Charles County and an EF2 touched down in Pontoon…
IBM and Cisco in attempt to create a universal platform for communications software development
Friday, March 9, 2007 IBM and Cisco have announced the development of a new platform, based on Eclipse and OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative), which should unite all communication and collaboration software developers under a single platform. Before the UC2 (Unified Communication and Collaboration) the unified communication has suffered because of a lack of a…
City of Calgary, Canada removes fluoride from drinking water
Thursday, February 10, 2011 Calgary city council voted 10 to 3 on Wednesday to stop fluoridating their water supply. This overturns a previous plebiscite from 1989 to add the fluoride in an attempt to reduce tooth decay. Opponents of water fluoridation claim that there could be unknown health effects of fluoride, and question its effectiveness…